Second Estate

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The Second Estate was the privileged social class of the French nobility under the Ancien Régime, ranking below the clergy and above the commoners.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nobility ⓘ
social class ⓘ
social estate ⓘ
abolishedBy National Constituent Assembly ⓘ
abolitionDate 1789 ⓘ
above Third Estate ⓘ
appliesToPeriod Ancien Régime in France ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime
associatedWith chivalric ideals ⓘ
landed wealth ⓘ
monarchy of France ⓘ
seigneurial estates ⓘ
below First Estate ⓘ
composedOf French nobility ⓘ
court nobility ⓘ
nobles of the robe ⓘ
nobles of the sword ⓘ
provincial nobility ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
declinePeriod French Revolution ⓘ
differentiatedFrom First Estate ⓘ
Third Estate ⓘ
exemptFrom many direct taxes ⓘ
taille ⓘ
followedBy Third Estate ⓘ
grantedRight collect feudal dues ⓘ
exclusive access to high military offices ⓘ
exclusive access to many court offices ⓘ
hold seigneurial courts ⓘ
hasCharacteristic fiscal privileges ⓘ
hereditary status ⓘ
legal privileges ⓘ
political influence ⓘ
privileged ⓘ
social prestige ⓘ
hasMember Ducal families of France ⓘ
Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé ⓘ
historicalRole participant in Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
pillar of the Ancien Régime ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
legalBasis customary law ⓘ
letters of nobility ⓘ
royal edicts ⓘ
lostPrivilegesDuring French Revolution ⓘ
nativeLabel Deuxième État ⓘ
partOf Ancien Régime ⓘ
Three Estates of pre-revolutionary France ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime
positionInHierarchy second ⓘ
precededBy First Estate ⓘ
subjectTo feudal obligations from peasants ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancien Régime → hasEstate → Second Estate ⓘ
Scottish Estates → hasPart → Second Estate ⓘ
Three Estates → hasEstate → Second Estate ⓘ
Estates of Parliament → hasEstate → Second Estate (nobility) ⓘ
linked to: Second Estate
Royal Edict of Louis XVI (1789) → affectedEstate → Second Estate ⓘ
subject linked to: royal edict of Louis XVI
Third Estate → opposedTo → Second Estate ⓘ
First Estate → contrastedWith → Second Estate ⓘ
Ancien Régime in Paris → hasEstate → Second Estate ⓘ
Richelieu family → memberOfEstate → Second Estate of the Ancien Régime ⓘ
linked to: Second Estate
Bourbon France → nobleEstate → Second Estate ⓘ
Tiers État → opposedTo → Second Estate ⓘ
French nobility → belongedToEstate → Second Estate ⓘ
Deuxième État → alsoKnownAs → Second Estate ⓘ
States of Flanders → hasPart → Second Estate (nobility) ⓘ
linked to: Second Estate
cahiers de doléances → draftedBy → Second Estate ⓘ
Montesquieu family → memberOfEstate → Second Estate of the Ancien Régime ⓘ
linked to: Second Estate
Estates of Styria → representedEstate → Second Estate ⓘ